THE BEST of enemies.
France have not defeated the English in the women’s Six Nations since 2018 – and back then it was by a solitary point. But these two have had plenty of close run-ins down the years. In 2020, it was England by six. In 2021, England by four. In 2016, it was France by five.
The Channel may separate these two nations, but so often in the past the margin of victory has been a mere puddle. The Red Roses have had the edge on les Bleues of late, but this is quite simply the biggest rivalry in the women’s championship. And in the final round of this year’s competition, the pair will slug it out in a stand-alone fixture at Twickenham, with a world record crowd for a women’s Test all but guaranteed.
It’s a showdown we should all know about. Which got us wondering. If these two sides are so familiar, what do they say about each other?
